单词 | bonylasse |
释义 | † bonylassen. Obsolete. An attractive girl or woman; a ‘bonny lass’.Later use of the two-word form bonny lass does not represent a fixed collocation; cf. bonny adj. 1a and lass n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman clearc1330 comelya1375 wlonk?a1400 brightc1400 gayc1400 sheenc1400 violet1412 berylc1440 blossomc1440 bonnya1529 pertc1540 bonylasse1546 Venus?1572 spark1575 bellibone1579 bonnibel1579 nymph1584 cheruba1616 lily1622 bellea1640 fine1639 toast1700 houri1745 belle dame1768 peri1813 beauty queen1835 stallion1970 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 21 And so become byshoppes bonylasses. a1599 E. Spenser in Englands Helicon (1600) sig. D2v As the Bony-lasse passed by. a1599 E. Spenser in Englands Helicon (1600) sig. D2v Hey hoe Bony-lasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018). < n.1546 |
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